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8 letters · 18 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun T-shaped cleaning implement with a rubber edge across the top; drawn across a surface to remove water (as in washing windows)

verb wipe with a squeegee

originThe noun is probably derived from squeege (“(informal, dated) to squeeze”, verb) (an intensified form of squeeze (verb)) + -ee (suffix attached to verbs to form nouns meaning persons or things that are the subjects of the verbs). Compare earlier squilgee, squillgee (“tool in the form of a mop or swab, or a blade with a long handle, used for cleaning and/or drying a vessel’s deck”). The verb is…

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